American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2

American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2 by Will Kaufman

Long before anyone ever heard of 'protest music', people in America were singing about their struggles. They sang for justice and fairness, food and shelter, and equality and freedom; they sang to be acknowledged. Sometimes they also sang to oppress. This book uncovers the history of these people and their songs, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of the Second World War, when 'protest music' emerged as an identifiable brand. Cutting across musical genres, Will Kaufman recovers the passionate voices of America itself. We encounter songs of the mainland and the conquered territories of Hawai'i, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines; we hear Indigenous songs, immigrant songs and Klan songs, minstrel songs and symphonies, songs of the heard and the unheard, songs of the celebrated and the anonymous, of the righteous and the despicable. This magisterial book shows that all these songs are woven into the very fabric of American history.

'Will Kaufman has uncovered a massive hidden history, one that none of us can ignoreGet the book, be in the know.' Chuck D
'Essential.' P. D. Sanders, Choice
'The book is very well researched, and is broadly supported by secondary sources … [it] is certainly to be recommended for its masterly presentation of material along with its attention to detail and nuance.' Michael Pickering, Folk Music Journal

Will Kaufman is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. He is the author of Woody Guthrie, American Radical (2011), Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues (2017), and Mapping Woody Guthrie (2019). His other books include The Comedian as Confidence Man (1997), The Civil War in American Culture (2006), American Culture in the 1970s (2009), and co-authored with Ronald D. Cohen, Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History (2015).

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ISBN 13	9781316514337
ISBN 10	1316514331
Title	American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2
Author	Will Kaufman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2022-08-18
Number of pages	530
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